The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

They created multicolored posters to explain what different departments of local government do, from sanitation to human resources. For this experiment, the researchers spent years developing four separate project-based units on history, geography, economics and civics. Back in the classroom, they discussed their ideas for improvement.

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ACRE

JUNE 27, 2023

Students can tour Fort Curtis & Battery Park and see how the natural geography of the Arkansas Delta influenced how battles could be fought there during the Civil War. The Arkansas Humanities Council provides Arkansas teachers funding for a variety of educational programs like field trips & class experiences!

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The much bigger barrier is the background inequality in our society and in the K-12 schooling that leads up to the Common App.”. Thacker said the application should be less a catalogue of a student’s accomplishments and more a picture of the student as an ethical human being.

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ACRE

JUNE 19, 2023

& Arkansas History, Economics, & Geography. Learn more and download the curriculum here: [link] Grant Funds Available K-12 teachers, did you know there is grant funding available for field trips to historic Arkansas sites? There is also a downloadable curriculum guide, tying together learning topics from U.S. &

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The pressure of high-stakes testing has caused districts and schools to reduce or even eliminate coursework in civics, along with history, geography, science, arts, and fitness. There are many reasons for our failure. Today’s students often do not know the basics of how our democracy works. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: “In kindergarten through second grade, teachers are focused on getting kids to read. The C3 framework — the three Cs refer to college, career and civic life — includes curriculums in civics, economics, geography and history. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

Engagement and Focus According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Academy of Pediatrics, children ages 8-12 spend three times more on screens than is recommended daily. E., & Lafreniere, K. Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2773–2777.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

John Jones asks a question to his students in AP Human Geography on August 18, 2016. It’s about improving education for all kids,” said school district Superintendent Lewis Holloway. And the Department of Justice bought into that.”. Jones came to Starkville High in 2015 from East Oktibbeha County High School. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

Social Studies teacher Michelle Adler talks to sophomores Maiya Schwartz, left and Emily Terranova about an assignment in an Honors Human Geography class at Gray-New Gloucester High School on Thursday, June 1, 2017. “It’s the long arm of the state,” she says. ” Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: In recent years, division over how social studies should be taught has plagued school districts around the country.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2019

Ian Fairhurst, who integrates educational technology into grades K-6 at Knox Grammar Prep, showed a session participant how to use a VR headset at the ISTE conference in Philadelphia. One of the things that I really, really liked about VR was that we can span geography. Megan Conn/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

data show just how little students across America have actually learned about the nation’s history, civics and geography. Leave this field empty if you're human: In 1977, Fannie Lou Hamer died of breast cancer and heart failure at age 59. But this issue holds national significance as well. Decades of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Lowell’s amped-up program goes a step beyond typical enrichment offerings, with coursework intended to prepare kids for continuing education and jobs in local and state industries that are actively hiring and projected to grow. Moureen’s economic ascent, however, may also depend on geography.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

In contrast, James K. Meanwhile, in “Mississippi: Portrait of an American State,” the chapter about the Civil Rights Movement lists 17 key figures students should know: 12 white men — a majority of them segregationists — four black men and one black woman. Neither are the laws they challenged , Mississippi civil rights activist T.R.M.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

published in The American Journal of Human Genetics 1 , has provided fresh insights into the complex origins of the Fulani, tracing their ancestry back to an ancient, lost world—the Green Sahara. B) Average values of the seven components estimated on ADMIXTURE results at K = 7 for all studied Fulani populations. (C) Diallo, M.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Experts say offering age-appropriate answers to kids’ questions about humans as social and sexual beings lays the groundwork for those important (if still cringe-worthy) conversations about puberty and sex the kids will need when they’re teens. Roffman said 4-year-olds want to know about geography (Where was I before I was born?);

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TCI

OCTOBER 28, 2024

According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. This broad field draws upon various disciplines, such as anthropology, archeology, economics, geography, history, law, and philosophy.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

A high school social studies book, also used in Texas, says of rising temperatures, “Some critics say that this warming is just part of the Earth’s natural cycle,” though, in truth, there’s overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that the current warming is due to human activities. It’s much stronger than a hypothesis,” wrote another.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2019

Deng was tempted, as she struggled with subjects like chemistry and geography and the intense pressure to do well on tests. It was all about human beings.”. Many men in the community scoffed at the idea that Deng would go away to study, telling her that girls were stupid and she would drop out. I wanted to go home,” she says. “I

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Walz, the governor of Minnesota, worked for roughly two decades in public schools, as a geography teacher and football coach. Pre-K In 2021, the Biden administration proposed a universal preschool program as part of a multi-trillion-dollar social spending plan called Build Back Better.

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